China plans to launch its own personal "artificial moon" by 2020 in order to change street lights and reduce electricity costs in urban areas, municipal media reported on Friday.

Chengdu, a metropolis in the southwest of Sichuan province, is developing "lighting satellites" that will Shine in tandem with the real Moon, but at 8 one brighter, according to China Daily.

The 1st month of artificial origin will start from the launch center of Sichang satellites in Sichuan, and another 3 will follow in 2022, if the 1st check leaks perfectly, said Wu Chunfeng, head of the scientific society of the fresh region of Tian Fu, an organization serious for the plan.

But the 1st launch will be experimental, the satellites of 2022 "will own a real civilian and paid potential," he said in an interview with China Daily.

Reflecting sunlight, satellites would be able to change street lights in urban areas, saving an estimated 1.2 billion yuan ($170 million) per year on electricity costs in Chengdu if the artificial moon illuminates an area of 50 square km.

The alien key light still has the ability to assist rescue operations in disaster areas during outages, he added.

AFP was not able to be confused neither with Wu, no Tian Fu New Area Science Society for evidence reports.

Like China's galactic program races in order to catch up with the USA and Russia, the whole series of ambitious plans, in that number Chang'e-4 month probe—named goddess of the moon in Chinese mythology, which is focused on the launch at the end of this year. If this happens, it will be the 1st Rover, which studies the" black side " of the moon.

China is not the 1st state that tries to exude sunlight back to Earth. In the 1990s, domestic scientists used large mirrors to reflect light from space in the experimental plan "Banner".

The moon Chengdu artificial origin plan was announced by Wu at a conference on innovation and entrepreneurship in Chengdu on October 10.

In addition to Tian Fu New Area Science Society, other institutes and Universities, covering Harbin University of technology and China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp., are involved in the development of Chengdu lighting satellites.